Micro-OLED Electronic Viewfinder Full Digital Manual
Table of Contents Gratical Features .......................................................................................................................... 3 Connecting Power Sources.......................................................................................................... 4 HD-SDI Connection...................................................................................................................... 4 Operating Lens Door.............................................................
Gratical Features 1. Joystick 6. Lens Door 2. Focusing Ring 7. Two Pin Lemo Power Jack 3. 1/4” 20 Rosette (Either Polarity) 4. Proximity Sensor 8. HD-SDI Input 5. Eye Cup 9.
Connecting to Power Source Two Pin Connect your Two Pin Lemo to the jack on the bottom of the Gratical Eye. Align the red dot on the Lemo Cable with the red dot on the Gratical, making sure it’s securely in place. Connect the P-Tap on the opposite end of the power cord to either your camera or an external power source. P-Tap Power & Video Cable (Sold Separately) Connecting to HD-SDI HD-SDI Connect your HD-SDI to the port on the bottom of the Gratical Eye, making sure it’s securely in place.
Opening Eyecup Lens Door Hands Free Position your head next to the lens door tab. A pply pressure with your head to the lens door tab, slide your head from left to right opening the door. See video at www.zacuto.com/gratical-support Opening Eyecup to keep Lens Door open The Eyecup can be folded over on itself so that lens door remains open. Reminder: When the Lens Door does not automatically close your Gratical is exposed to the sun.
Removing & Installing Level 1 Fog Protection Level 1 Fog Protection Anti-Fog Coated D iopter offers a mild fog protection. Good for average conditions, comes pre-installed. 1. To replace the diopter, remove three Phillips screws and remove the diopter 2. Install new diopter and tighten 3 Phillips screws back into place.
Operating Menus MAIN MENU DISPLAY CALIBRATION LUTS COLOR BARS SCOPES OVERLAYS METERS PIXEL TO PIXEL (ZOOM) DSLR SCALING [Auto/Playback] ANAMORPHIC [NORMAL] FRAME STORE FUNCTION BUTTONS UPDATE ABOUT Current Selection (In Red) Current Setting Sub-Menu Indicator Timecode Battery Meter Audio Meter Waveform or Vectorscope Histogram The menu screen reveals itself over the current video display to show real-time updates of changes made. Menu will disappear after 30 seconds of inactivity. 1.
Display Calibration DISPLAY CALIBRATION BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST SATURATION RED GREEN BLUE RGB GAMMA RESTORE DEFAULT IMAGE FLIP SELECT PRESET STORE PRESET 9 0 12 0 0 0 5 1.00 OFF Use these settings to adjust the calibration of the Micro OLED Display. BRIGHTNESS: [-100 to 100] CONTRAST: [-100 to 100] RED: [-100 to 100] GREEN: [-100 to 100] BLUE: [-100 to 100] RGB: [-100 to 100] GAMMA: [0.2 to 2.6] • Your settings may be saved and recalled with the SAVE PRESET and RECALL PRESET functions.
LUTs LUTS IMPORT CUSTOM LUT CREATE CUSTOM LUT EXPORT CUSTOM LUT SELECT PRESET EVF LUT SELECT CUSTOM EVF LUT (off) PREVIOUS MENU Import Custom LUT • To import a custom LUT, insert a USB stick into the Gratical and select import custom LUT from the LUT menu. Select the LUT you wish to import from the list of available LUTs. Currently compatible with 1D LUTs (.cube, .csm file types) Select Preset EVF LUT • To use a preset LUT for the Gratical, select a LUT from the list of available preset LUTs.
Color Bars COLOR BARS SMPTE HD MACBETH ON OFF BLUE ONLY MONOCHROME OFF OFF PREVIOUS MENU • The SMPTE HD, MACBETH, and BLUE ONLY features can be used to calibrate your Gratical.
Scopes Histogram Waveform Vectorscope The Gratical offers three different scopes: Histogram, Waveform, and Vectorscope. Histogram • (Luminance): The luma Histogram shows all luminance values in the image, from black to white. • (RGB):The RGB Histogram shows histogram analyses for each color, Red, Green, Blue. This lets you compare the relative distribution of each color. • (Scale): Select to show the histogram in a linear or logarithmic scale.
Scope Settings • TOGGLE SCOPES: Select to toggle scopes ON/OFF. All scopes off defaults image to the center. • WAVEFORM/VECTORSCOPE: Select to toggle waveform or vectorscope. Only one can be active at a time. SCOPES TOGGLE SCOPES HISTOGRAM TYPE HISTOGRAM SCALE WAVEFORM VECTORSCOPE SCOPES LOCATION SCOPES SOURCE ON LUMA LINEAR ON OFF BOTTOM PRE LUT PREVIOUS MENU • SCOPES LOCATION: Select to change the location of the scopes. Scopes can be positioned on either the bottom or top of the image.
Overlays Note that all overlay features can only see pre LUT applied image. When using a LUT, these features will work off the original, non LUT image. OVERLAYS ON FALSE COLOR FOCUS ASSIST EXPOSURE ASSIST (ZEBRA) FRAME LINE NONE ON OFF TIMECODE ON 100 TIME CODE RECORD LIGHT RECORD LIGHT TYPE TALLY LIGHT TALLY LIGHT BRIGHTNESS MENU SETTINGS False Color • Select FALSE COLOR to see feature ON/OFF. • Use False Color to aid in obtaining the correct exposure of your scene.
Focus Assist (Red-Line) • Select RED-LINE ENABLE to see feature ON/OFF. FOCUS ASSIST RED-LINE ENABLE COLOR LEVEL ON RED 2 PEAKING ENABLE LEVEL OFF 3 • Select COLOR to change the color of the focus assist lines. • Select LEVEL to change the intensity of the focus assist lines. Peaking • PEAKING ENABLE: Select to toggle ON/OFF. Exposure Assist (Zebras) • ENABLE Select to see feature ON/OFF.
Frame Line • Select to choose the frame lines and/or action safe lines you wish to overlay on the image. FRAME LINE 1.33:1 (4x3) SDTV 1.66:1 (15x9) European Theatrical 1.78:1 (16x9) HDTV 1.85:1 American Theatrical 2.40:1 Anamorphic Theatrical 2.66:1 Cinemascope CENTER CROSS 3x3 GRID OFF OFF Time Code • TIME CODE: Select to Toggle time code ON/OFF Record Light • RECORD LIGHT: Select to toggle record light ON/OFF.
Menu Settings • MENU LOCATION: Select to move the menu to one of six locations. • MENU TRANSPARENCY: Select to set the menu transparency, 1-5 Meters (Audio & Battery) • AUDIO METERS: Select to toggle the Audio Meters ON/OFF.
Pixel to Pixel • Select ENABLE to see feature On/Off. While ON, use the joystick to scroll around the image. PIXEL TO PIXEL (ZOOM) ON ENABLE CENTER PAN RATE 5 • Select CENTER to re-center the picture while zoomed in. • Select PAN to change the number of pixels at which you will scroll while zoomed in. • When Pixel to pixel is assigned to a function button, press in the joystick to return to normal zoom level.
Anamorphic • Select the anamorphic de-squeeze factor corresponding to your lens. Frame Store • Toggle Show ON/OFF to display the stored frame in the selected memory bank. If no frame has been stored in the selected bank, a warning message will appear “Frame (X) has not been stored!” ANAMORPHIC CORRECTION NORMAL 1.33x 1.
Function Buttons • The Gratical has four function buttons that can be assigned by the user. These include the four directions of the joystick (UP, DOWN, LEFT RIGHT). Function buttons come preprogrammed but can be changed at any time. FUNCTION BUTTONS CURRENT SETTINGS UP FOCUS ASSIST DN BATTERY LEVEL LF None RT TOGGLE WAVEFORM/VECTOR • To change the function assigned to each button, select the function button you wish to change.
Lock Buttons • Select to lock the Gratical’s buttons. While locked, the buttons will not respond to user input. To unlock, push in the joystick and hold for 5 seconds.
Update • To update your Gratical with the latest firmware, first format your USB thumb drive to FAT32 on a PC, MD-DOS on a Mac. • Download the firmware update from www.zacuto.com. • Insert your USB drive into the Gratical’s USB port, select UPDATE from the menu and select USB DRIVE. Select START UPDATE and follow the on screen instructions. The current firmware version can be confirmed in the ABOUT menu. About • Choose ABOUT to view the EVF firmware version on your device.
Gratical Precautions • OLED displays can be affected by burn in or image retention if a static image is displayed for prolonged periods of time. We advise that you use the Gratical’s scopes instead of the camera’s whenever possible and shut off the overlay camera data when it is not needed. • Do not allow sunlight to enter the Gratical. The light can be magnified by the lens and potentially cause damage to the Gratical screen.
